Many people don’t realize it, but the sports media is to the left of the media in general. ESPN is at least as liberal as CNN, and probably close to MSNBC.
Well yes, but I would not say to the left of, but I would certainly say just as leftist as….in general. One of the few major major misreads of the tea leaves by Rush Limbaugh was his ignorance of this fact when he went to work for ESPN. That was 2003 I think….he's learned that lesson now, but it was probably the biggest single blind spot he's ever had on a major dynamic.
BTW. I think I know who is a closet conservative - who is a major Sportscenter anchor……you have a guess?
Absolutely correct, and it has been for some time now. Back when there was no internet and we lived in caves, I subscribed to The Sporting News. It was a great source of information, stats and box scores for the four major sports. I eagerly anticipated its arrival every Thursday. Until about 1989.... Starting around that time, all of the editorials changed to using sports as social activism for "racial justice" and "social justice" all sorts of other liberal causes. The subscription was not renewed. And that's all you see on the major sports media now.
ESPN = ABC. All part of the Disney empire.
After Olbermann and Lupica, I think a lot more are aware. I would estimate that 80-90% of all sports reporters are hardcore libs. And it might be getting worse.